The American Presidency Project

The Public Papers of the Presidents
The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database:
•The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913)
•The Public Papers of the Presidents:
Hoover to Bush (1929-1993)
•The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2007)

Rallying the Nation in War

selected mid-conflict addresses

• Prayer on D-Day

Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944 - WWII

• Radio Report to the American People on Korea and on U.S. Policy in the Far East

Harry S. Truman - April 11, 1951 - Korea

• The President's Address to the Nation Announcing Steps To Limit the War in Vietnam and Reporting His Decision Not To Seek Reelection

Lyndon B. Johnson - March 31, 1968 - Vietnam

• Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia

Richard Nixon - April 30, 1970 - Vietnam

• Address to the Nation on the War in Iraq

George W. Bush - January 10, 2007 - Iraq

The Great Addresses of the Modern Presidents.

Our list of important instances of presidential rhetoric in the 'Modern' Era. (post-Hoover)

Franklin D. Roosevelt	Inaugural Address
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Fireside Chat
Lyndon B. Johnson	Voting Rights Address
Ronald Reagan	Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy	Inaugural Address
George W. Bush	State of the Union Address
Harry S. Truman	Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People
John F. Kennedy	Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort
Richard Nixon	Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam
George W. Bush	Inaugural Address (2nd)

The American Presidency Project (americanpresidency.org), was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Our archives contain 76,207 documents related to the study of the Presidency.

American Presidency Project State of the Union Data

State of the Union Index Page with research notes
Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses in Words
Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1966)
List of Acknowledged Guests Sitting in House Gallery
List of Opposition Responses
Cabinet Members Not in Attendance (from 1984)

The American Presidency Project Teams Up with
CQ Press. State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush with an introduction by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley is the first comprehensive reference volume published in over four decades devoted to the president's Annual Message to Congress.
link to CQ Press website (Release date 12/15/06)

The Presidency A to Z, 4th Edition
Editors: Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley
Advisory Editor: Michael Nelson
The Presidency A to Z is an invaluable tool for understanding the presidency, both historically and today and for appraising how it and the executive branch have responded to the challenges facing the nation. It provides readers with quick information and in-depth background on the presidency through a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 300 easy-to-read entries.
link to CQ Press website (Release Date: 8/15/2007)

The Document Archive Contains 76,207 Records
• Executive Orders	3857	• State of the Union Addresses	91
• Proclamations	5036	• State of the Union Messages	135
• Press Conferences	1878	• Inaugural Addresses	58
• Saturday Radio Addresses	1129	• Addresses to Congress (non-SOU)	42
• Fireside Chats (FDR)	27	• Addresses to Nation	236
• Veto Messages	1134	• Addresses to the United Nations	39
• Radio & TV Correspondents Dinners	30	• Addresses to Foreign Legislatures	64
• Party Convention Addresses	34	• College Commencement Addresses	137

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